CAFC Issues Mandate After Sustaining AD Review on Turkish Steel
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its mandate Sept. 19 after sustaining the Commerce Department's 2018-19 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on cold-rolled steel flat products from Turkey. The court said in July that…
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Commerce permissibly used respondent Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi's Turkish lira-denominated sales to value the company's home-market sales (see 2507290048). While Habas said the agency had to follow its precedent by using the respondent's dollar-denominated sales, the court held that Commerce had no such obligation, since Habas failed to "reconcile its lira-denominated payment records with its reported dollar prices" (Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi v. U.S., Fed. Cir. # 24-1158).